| 1820 - 646 Seiten
...termagant wife, and of the various pastimes with which he sought to cheat the miseries of his thraldom. ' Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as...never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edge-tool that grows keener with constant use. For a long while he used to console himself, when driven... | |
| 1819 - 610 Seiten
...woman's tongue? The moment Wolf entered the house, his crest fell, his tail drooped to the ground, or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows...and at the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, would fly to the door with yelping precipitation. Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as... | |
| Washington Irving - 1822 - 424 Seiten
...woman's tongue ? The moment Wolf entered the house his crest fell, his tail drooped to the ground or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows...never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edgetool that grows keener with constant use. For a long while he used to console himself, when driven... | |
| Washington Irving - 1820 - 364 Seiten
...woman's tongue? The moment Wolf entered the house his crest fell, his tail drooped to the ground or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows...never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use. For a long while he used to console himself, when driven... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1820 - 636 Seiten
...seems, was afflicted with incurable idleness, and also, as he well deserved, with a scolding wife. ' Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as...matrimony rolled on ; a tart temper never mellows with nge, and a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener by constant use. For a long while he... | |
| 1821 - 502 Seiten
...termagant wife, and of the various pastimes with which he sought to cheat the miseries of his thraldom. ' Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as...mellows with age, ' and a sharp tongue is the only edge-tool that grows keener with * constant use. For a long while he used to console himself, when... | |
| 1821 - 504 Seiten
...termagant wife, and of the various pastimes with which he sought to cheat the miseries of his thraldom. ' Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as...rolled on ; a tart temper never mellows with age. f and a sharp tongue is the only edge-tool that grows keener with ' constant use. For a long while... | |
| 1826 - 654 Seiten
...entered the house, his crest fell, his tail drooped to the ground, or curled between his legs, lie sneaked about with a gallows air, casting many a sidelong...worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled ou ; a tart temper never mellows with ¡ige, and a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener... | |
| 1819 - 606 Seiten
...woman's tongue? The moment Wolf entered the he use, his crest fell, his tail drooped to the ground, or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows air, casting many a side-long glance at Dome Van Winkle, and at the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, would fly to the door with yelping... | |
| 1828 - 394 Seiten
...woman's tongue ? The moment Wolf entered the house, his crest fell, his tail drooped to the ground, or curled between his legs, he sneaked about with a gallows...and at the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, would fly to the door with yelping precipitation. . Times grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle... | |
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